Hi, as for the previous LinuxDays, LiLux will also organize two courses for the next edition, on January 25th and 26th. These two courses are - Linux Basics / Basic Linux Usage (or whatever it'll be called) Here the goal is to teach "normal users" how to make use of a GNU/Linux desktop. The course will be half a day, i.e. 2x 1h30min, according to the current schedule it would be on January 25th in the morning. We so far have two volunteers to organize this course, Jule and Pascal. - Linux Networking (or whatever the name will be) Here the goal is to teach everything concerning basic connectivity, from ifconfig to routing to packet filters, QoS, VLANs and VPNs. The course will be half a day, i.e. 2x 1h30min, according to the current schedule it would be on January 25th in the afternoon. We as yet lack volunteers for organizing this course, except for Alain Rassel who's agreed to do the VPN part. Now is the time to write up the abstracts, including the detail of what exactly will be the contents of the courses - I have to provide them to the LinuxDays team this friday morning. There should be two versions of the abstract, one short (~1 paragraph) and one longer (~1/2 - 1 page) with the details of the contents and pre-requirements, so people can have an idea of what they'll get. Also, it will in time be necessary to know on which Linux distribution the individual courses will take place, so the LinuxDays team can prepare the hardware accordingly. So, we absolutely need to find out who will help out with the networking course, both groups will need to sit together and write up the title, abstracts for the courses, and provide these to me in time so I can provide them on friday morning. I'm willing to help out for the preparation of the networking course (especially the VLAN part, as I've got a little experience there), but won't be able to participate in it's presentation, as I'm already taken by another course. If you're feeling confident about some subject matter, but are not willing to stand in front of a room full of people, you're still welcome in helping prepare the course. We do have some presentations and courses from other occasions which can be used as a basis for these courses, which may need updating though. Someone or Some-Several will also be welcome to man the LiLux stand during the LinuxDays. So, please, volunteers, step up and tell us how you can help us get this done! Thanks in advance, Eric P.S. Alain Knaff also agreed to do the Samba part of the 2-day Server tutorial, which is done mostly by "externals" and a few people from the CRP Henri Tudor.